Congratulations to all of the baristas who have competed this year are most certainly in order. Their collective efforts have been truly inspirational and a testimony to just how remarkable the coffee culture in NYC has become. Thank you to you all!

Sílvia Magalhães 3 time Barista Champion of Brazi (Octavio Cafe) has a quick chat with the good Dr.Jones of Dallis Brothers Coffee. Sylvia flew in from Brazil to check out the Baristas skills at the NERBC 2011 competition. She was as we all are….Very IMPRESSED!!

And with that, we bring day two of the Northeast Regional Barista Competition here at beautiful Milk Studios to a close – but fear not!

We had a couple technical hiccups throughout the day getting all this great footage to you, the viewers, but that doesn’t mean the cameras weren’t rolling. As we get through the night we’ll be posting all the video we took throughout the day but couldn’t get online immediately, so look forward to an abundance of new video to catch up on after you catch up on your zzzzz’s.

WHAT AM I SAYING?!?!

There’s no sleep on the schedule for the crew tonight, and we hope you make that sacrifice with us. Join the barista crew at The Highline Loft tonight for what has been dubbed The Greatest Latte Art Throwdown of All Time, hosted by Dallis Bros Coffee and Cafe Grumpy! The fates of the brave baristas will be tested, pairs pouring head to head the design decided upon by The Great Wheel!

Come see our heroes put their meddle to the test, or even pour yourselves. The prizes include… eh hmm… a plane ticket and travel expenses to Brazil to hang out in the Alta Mogiana region at one of Brazil’s premier coffee farms, followed by a coffee and culture crawl through São Paulo.

Other prizes include a top-of-the-line Baratza coffee grinder and a fabulous manual brewing package provided by Cafe Grumpy.

There will be booze. There will be well-coiffed company. There might be dancing. You’ll regret not coming.

So come out and celebrate the coffee lifestyle with the baddest bunch of baristas this country has to offer!